Leo Varadkar just a puppet on strings for the government?

galway2007 · 25-06-2012 03:14PM #1

Leo Varadkar just a puppet on strings for the government?
Does anybody else think that Leo varadkar is just a puppet for the government who is let out of the box now and again?
For example during the stability treaty campaign he was put back in to the box and for week’s we did not hear from him.
I taught he would be good in government, but can anybody name one thing he had done for this county since he became a minister?
Yes he is all talk but that is it
Enda, it is time for a reshuffle and I am afraid Leo must be the first to be sacked

godtabh · 25-06-2012 03:18PM

Why should he be sacked? Give specifics?

galway2007 · 25-06-2012 03:28PM

godtabh wrote: »

Why should he be sacked? Give specifics?

what has he done??????????????
He was all talk and i ask again what has he done as a minister to get this county working again???????????

marozz · 25-06-2012 03:32PM

I wouldn't say he's a puppet on a string. He's always on the box, no matter what the subject is and doesn't always follow the party line. He comes accross as a very ambitious politician who would jump at the chance to become party leader .

galway2007 · 25-06-2012 03:39PM

marozz wrote: »

I wouldn't say he's a puppet on a string. He's always on the box, no matter what the subject is and doesn't always follow the party line. He comes accross as a very ambitious politician who would jump at the chance to become party leader .

But why was he missing for weeks before the stability treaty??
I would think FG knew he was a liability and he was but back in his box

marozz · 25-06-2012 03:47PM

You could say the same about Enda Kenny - where was he for the weeks leading up to the stability treaty?? In fact most of FG/Lab crowd kept a low profile and did their best to avoid any confrontation with the no camp.

antoobrien · 25-06-2012 03:47PM

galway2007 wrote: »

But why was he missing for weeks before the stability treaty??
I would think FG knew he was a liability and he was but back in his box

I think it's Hogan (who was conspicuously absent during the campaign) you're referring to. Leo was one of the ones that was sent on a few referendum "debates".

marozz · 25-06-2012 03:50PM

antoobrien wrote: »

I think it's Hogan (who was conspicuously absent during the campaign) you're referring to. Leo was one of the ones that was sent on a few referendum "debates".

Spot on!

screamer · 25-06-2012 04:55PM

I'd say poor old Leo is more of a toe dipper than puppet. He delivers some news which is controversial, see what the reaction is, and then the big noises come out to totally refute what he said. Poor Leo, I seem to remember he made some comments about Enda in the run up to the vote of no confidence in him as the leader of FG, and I think this is his penance. I'd post what I remember, but without having it verbatim, and also, without a source, I can't post it, but he said it on Vincent Browne's show I believe.

The Waltzing Consumer · 25-06-2012 04:58PM

antoobrien wrote: »

I think it's Hogan (who was conspicuously absent during the campaign) you're referring to. Leo was one of the ones that was sent on a few referendum "debates".

I like how the OP might have gotten Hogan and Leo mixed up.

OP, not really a fan of Leo Varadkar but he is Minister of Transport but did you even look up articles or the Department of Transport website before ranting?

http://www.thejournal.ie/search/leo%20varadkar/
http://www.dttas.ie/pressReleasesList.aspx

Press releases from the department and articles from The Journal with Leo Varadkar as the search term.

Is there anything specifically you are accusing him of?

Have you checked recent debates to see if anything in his remit has come up?

http://debates.oireachtas.ie/dail/2012/

Sorry, but it sounds like you are just ranting, are you saying he has done nothing in regards Transport?

godtabh · 25-06-2012 05:43PM

galway2007 wrote: »

what has he done??????????????
He was all talk and i ask again what has he done as a minister to get this county working again???????????

If this was a debate I'd be voting against you. No argument. No substances.

You might not like him but you havent put forward any argument as to why he should be dropped from his portfolio.

He was not what I would consider a typical "whipped" politician. He often speaks about things he shouldn't from a government point of view but what the public needs to hear.

opinion guy · 25-06-2012 06:08PM

galway2007 wrote: »

what has he done??????????????
He was all talk and i ask again what has he done as a minister to get this county working again???????????

What have any of them done ?

Going Forward · 25-06-2012 07:09PM

antoobrien wrote: »

I think it's Hogan (who was conspicuously absent during the campaign) you're referring to. Leo was one of the ones that was sent on a few referendum "debates".

Hogan was hidden away, Varadkar was highly visible, butdid screw up though with his talk of referenda being undemocratic.

Seems to be doing his job OK.

southsiderosie · 25-06-2012 07:19PM

MOD NOTE:

OK, the OP is little more than a rant, and any hope of this turning into an actual rational discussion - and repeatedly posting 'what have they done??????' does not constitute discussion - are clearly not coming to fruition.

Thread closed.

Leo Varadkar just a puppet on strings for the government?

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